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! WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE !

We updated our website, www.hococlimateaction.org, so please check it out. We worked for more than a year on this new format, and we hope you'll find it informative and easy to navigate. Please explore the site to discover all that we do and how to get involved. Special thanks to Chelsea Hudson, Ruth Alice White, Liz Feighner and Elisabeth Hoffman for designing, editing, and updating the content. If you spot any problems, please let us know at hococlimateaction@gmail.com.

Help electrify Howard County

Work with us as we plan next steps to get County Council backing for incentives to electrify new buildings in Howard County.
We have been developing talking points to persuade our County Council members. We also plan to set up teams to meet with individual members. Please forward to anyone who might be interested in this campaign.
Our working documents are here. Resources from our first meeting are here. For information about the next meeting and to get involved, email HoCoClimateAction@gmail.com.
In addition:

Our letter to the editor of the Baltimore Sun is here, and the Maryland People’s Counsel argues in an op-ed for no new investments in gas infrastructure.
Sign CCAN's Electrify Maryland Homes petition.
NPR aired a segment about the hazards of "cooking with gas"
Attend the GCAN meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Anthony Field of Chesapeake Climate Action Network will speak about the campaign to electrify Maryland buildings. Details and zoom link here.

Save the Date

Howard Community College
Campus Sustainability Day
Wednesday, Oct. 20
Our events page will have updates
and zoom links as events are finalized

As part of Howard Community College's Virtual Campus Sustainability Day, HoCo Climate Action, CCAN and Howard County Sierra Club are sponsoring two zoom discussion panels.

Electrify Maryland/HoCo Campaign, 2 p.m.
CCAN will explain its work with volunteers to form action teams to advocate for the building-electrification campaign.
Alternatives to Gas: Electrifying Our Future,
5 p.m. Derek Koundakjian with Northeast Energy Efficiency Partners and Bryan Howard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy will discuss the harmful effects of gas and why we need building electrification.

Help determine Maryland’s future
Complete the survey by Oct. 15

A coalition of Maryland climate organizations needs YOU to fill out a 2022 climate policy survey about the best ways to fight the climate crisis.
Climate disasters are coming at us more frequently, so the coalition wants input from as many as possible, including those who are most harmed and those historically absent from the table.
The short survey will identify key legislative priorities for the Maryland General Assembly session that starts in January. Please take 8-10 minutes to fill out this survey.

Saturdays, 2 - 4 p.m.
Oct. 16 & 30, Nov. 20, Dec. 4 & 18

This series of five FREE trainings will prepare new and experienced volunteers for another year of organizing with resilience and power. Topics include: climate justice, strategic messaging; organizing & movement building; strategic campaigning; and policy advocacy. Flier here. Register here.

HoCo Climate Action appreciates your support.

HoCo Climate Action needs YOU to volunteer with us. Because we are in a climate crisis. Email.

HoCo Climate Action joined Food & Water Watch in condemning plans in Maryland for "renewable natural gas," which is the gas industry's latest scheme to keep lighting things on fire for energy.

October 11 - 15
Washington, DC

The Fossil Free Resistance will be in DC to demand a fossil free future. Details:

peoplevsfossilfuels.org

MCCC Special Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Working Group virtual meeting
Draft Building Energy Transition Plan
Wednesday, Oct. 13,
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Meeting Info & link

Meetings include time for public comment. Agenda and other materials will be posted here before the meeting.

HoCo Green Drinks
Thursday, Oct. 21
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Green Drinks is a group for environmentally conscious residents of Howard County who want to share information and gather once a month to share ideas.

Online
ambassador training

RSVP

Learn how to be an ambassador for the Maryland Environmental Human Rights Amendment during the MD legislative session.

South Baltimore Land Trust
Zero Waste Petition

Please sign this petition to get food scraps out of the waste stream. Burning trash and food scraps in Baltimore affects us all.

Howard County now accepts all #5 plastics,
including clamshells, for recycling
(#1 clamshells are not recyclable)
HoCo recycling poster
Howard County recycling August newsletter

More events and updates on Our Events Webpage
www.hococlimateaction.org/events/MD-DC-Events

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Climate News

Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on understanding how humanity is warming Earth's climate.
After measuring gas leaks in her neighborhood, a Massachusetts novelist becomes a climate crusader:. “[G]as is just an explosive substance that we should not be putting into homes and lighting on fire.”
Another oil disaster, this time off the coast of southern California, leads to more calls to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
The ivory-billed woodpecker, the inspiration for the Woody Woodpecker cartoon, and 22 other species are officially extinct, victims of climate change and habitat destruction.
Teen climate activists are going after the banks that fund fossil fuel projects
A global survey finds teens feel frightened and anxious about the climate crisis and government inaction. Go figure.

HoCoCA posted these items and so much more

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How to donate to HoCo Climate Action
Please make checks payable to CCAN
(Chesapeake Climate Action Network)
with HoCo Climate Action on the memo line.
Mail to HoCo Climate Action
10306 Champions Way, Laurel, MD 20723
HoCo Climate Action has partnered with Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) to achieve non-profit status. Donations are tax-deductible.

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